PLUM TALPS 15-16

Plum is distinguished by the fact that for almost 30 years skis and snowboards are produced completely in-house. Plum is located in the Haute-Savoie (France) where alpine shapers construct the boards. The TALPS is definitley not a halved Snowboard.

PLUM TALPS 15-16

Review 2015/16

Board-Profile: Camber

Rider-Level:Expert

Length: 162cm

Weight: 3.460g

Price (SRP) from: 848€

Included: Skins

Plum Talps

Riding Style / Field of use

Speed and Pow are it`s friends

Freestyle,
40%

Allmountain,
80%

Powder,
80%

Speed,
90%

Splitboard Test Results

The Plum Talps is amazing in the ascent, the bracket position is top, it comes out of deep snow easily and the kickturns just flow. Also the edgegrip is better than other splitboards at the market. Regarding the riding performance you have to get used to it. The radius of 20 meters is big, so you ride it fast or you surf it smoothly almost without using the edges. When you need the edges in steep or hard terrain and you give the required pressure, the edge is there and you are at full control. Due to the special tail, it sinks in deep powder and the nose comes up. The Talps doesn`t have Clips at nose and Tail, just the WOM Hooks, which in combination with the Plum Binding give enough stability to the complete setup.All in all it is an ascent optimized Splitboard, reduced to the needs of challenging Touring.Tested with Deeluxe XV and Plum Feyan in 30 cm fresh Powder, tracked Powder, Windblown Snow and icy Slopes.

Riding,
75%

Agility, %70

Edgegrip, %80

Uphill,
80%

Traversing, %90

Weight, %70

Features,
80%

Finishing, %80

Sustainability, %80

Product description

Plum is distinguished by the fact that for almost 30 years skis and snowboards are produced completely in-house. Plum is located in the Haute-Savoie (France) where alpine shapers construct the boards. The TALPS is definitley not a halved Snowboard. With the TALPS Plum has created a hybrid, a perfect compromise between skis and a snowboard. A compromise between performance during ascent and maneuverability in descent. The board is designed for the rigors of the mountain, its shape and its unique flex guarantee reliability and responsiveness under all conditions.